Items Tagged with "Recycling"
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eBay Gives Away Reusable Shipping Boxes to Sellers
eBay introduced the eBay Box, which is designed to be reused at least five times. Made of 100 percent FSC-certified and recycled materials, the boxes are printed with only water-based inks and designed to require minimal taping.Starting in October, 100,000 boxes will embark on their U.S.-based pilot
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Publix Reduces Bag Usage by 1 Billion in Three Years
... reusable bags.”Publix has offered in-store recycling of paper and plastic bags since the mid-...ix locations.In 2009, the company’s overall recycling rate was 45 percent. That year, 210,000 ...ght modifications to our current processes.”
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SEARS Joins EPA's WasteWise Recycling Initiative
...ce municipal solid waste through wasteprevention, recycling and buying or manufacturing recycled pro...vention activities, expand or improve its current recycling efforts, and purchase and/or manufacture...America with more than 2,700 member organizations.
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Facilitating the Use of Recycled Content in Packaging
The Sustainable Packaging Coalition released a report on the opportunities and challenges for using recycled content in plastic packaging“Guidelines for Increasing Post Consumer Recycled Content in Plastic Packaging” addresses common issues and strategies for increasing recycled content
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Gap Invites Customers to 'Recycle Your Blues'
Through Oct. 20, Gap and Cotton Inc. are teaming up to collect old denim, which will be given a "new life" by being converted into UltraTouch Denim Insulation and donated to communities in need.Shoppers can recycle their denim at more than 1,000 Gap stores in the U.S. and Canada, and receive 30 perc
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Lowe's Opens Recycling Centers in U.S. Stores
...4,000 pounds of rechargeable batteries....stic shopping bags. Stores in Canada also feature recycling centers to ensure CFLs and batteries are...ibly recycled. The products are safely shipped to recycling facilities to process and reclaim materi
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GNC Implements Conservation Initiatives
GNC is taking some of its first green steps, scaling back energy usage at its headquarters and company-operated stores to finding innovative ways to reduce paper waste.The company has also eliminated the use of Styrofoam cups and has allocated space in the lobby of its Pittsburgh headquarters for bi
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Staples Outlines New Sustainability Strategy
Staples unveiled a new corporate strategy to drive sustainability innovation in product manufacturing, packaging and distribution by challenging its key suppliers to join it in a Race to the Top.Staples is calling on suppliers to compete not only in terms of product quality, cost and features, but i
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Walmart Converts Plastic Bags into Eco-Friendly Pet Products
With the help of Worldwise Inc., Walmart is making eco-friendly pet products with plastic bags, bottles, cardboard and old hangars recycled from store waste.Walmart provides Worldwise with recyclable waste materials that are then turned into a variety of pet products for sale at Walmart, starting th
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Stonyfield Presents Breakthrough Cup Made From Plants
Stonyfield Presents Breakthrough Cup Made From Plants
... of production, Stonyfield is not supporting GMOs.Recycling is an important step that people can tak...not recyclable in most communities due to lack of recycling infrastructure. As demand increases, thi...two facilities that can process the material from recycling centers. As more plant-based plastics be
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Amazon Patents Eco-Friendly Shipping Options
Speed may not be all it’s cracked up to be. Amazon.com has been granted a patent for "environmentally conscious electronic transactions," which customers will be able to opt to use at a premium price and slower delivery rate.The system also suggests customers cold buy carbon credits to offset
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Jewel-Osco Unveils Third Green Chicago Store
Jewel-Osco unveiled its new green store design in Chicago’s Lakeview area today, featuring recycled construction materials, energy-efficient LED lighting, water-saving fixtures and faucets and a “green” roof with vegetation.Replacing an old store half its size, the new 62,000-squar
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Safeway Named to Dow Jones Sustainability Index
...ere Safeway said it has made strides:Instituted a reuse and recycling program that allows the company to divert nearly 520,000 tons of material from landfills annually;Partnered with Fishwise, a non-profit organization focused on improving the sustainability and financial performance of seafood reta
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Starbucks Tests Cup Recycling Program in New York City
... with a free cup of coffee....ew York City will provide customers with in-store recycling bins for cups, which will then be sent f...ycling bins for cups, which will then be sent for recycling. The program, which runs through Novembe
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Walmart Sustainability Exec Shares His Company's Vision
...udes the integration of wind and solar power or closed-loop recycling initiatives here at Walmart. Those in turn will help usher in the next wave of innovation with the potential to generate even more substantial environmental improvement and a greater variety of business value/opportunity.”Bu
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Marks & Spencer Reaches 92 Percent Recycling
...Spencer reports that it has achieved a 92 percent recycling rate for operational waste in the chain'...s sustainability plan.The company’s current recycling rate improved 39 percentage points compa...d 39 percentage points compared to the 53 percent recycling rate it reported last June. Overall, the
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Harris Teeter Makes it Easy for Schools to Recycle and Earn Cash
...schools to go green and earn money by launching a recycling fundraising program through Engaged Recy...g a Recycling fundraising program through Engaged Recycling.In April 2010, the Charlotte, N.C.-based...arlotte, N.C.-based grocer partnered with Engaged Recycling to promote a sustainable future while su
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Delhaize and Loblaw: The Quest for Greener Retail Operations
...d refrigerators more efficiently. Additionally, “just recycling our cardboard reduced our landfill waste by 50 percent,” he said.Delhaize and Loblaw also converted most refrigerators and freezer cases to LED lighting and installed motion sensors that signal the lights to turn on when cus
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Best Buy Launches Buy Back Program
...est Buy is interesting on a number of levels. It encourages recycling of consumer electronics products, drives margin on current purchases, and promotes loyalty for future electronics purchases. If the shopper insights the program is based on are accurate, it could be a big win.
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Supervalu: Rescuing Food from Waste
...re successfully diverting 95 percent of their waste through recycling, food donation, organic composting and other means.“Composting is expensive, but always less expensive than taking it to the landfill,” McIntyre said. “You win twice with composting -- you recycle it and remove i
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An Inside Look at Wegmans' Sustainability Efforts
...he back room to see how the grocer is reducing, reusing and recycling.While there are many green initiatives the chain engages in that are visible to the consumer, there are just as many that the consumer does not see first hand, said Mary Ellen Burris, senior vice president of consumer affairs on h
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Target Joins GreenChill, Reports In-Store Recycling Success
Target Corp. has joined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) GreenChill program to further its efforts to reduce refrigeration emissions by adopting green refrigeration technologies in its stores."We are committed to reducing our carbon footprint by forging new partnerships, achieving mi
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Lowe's Highlights Sustainability Wins
...ardboard and expanded appliance and Garden Center recycling programs,The retailer also installed rec...er recycling programs,The retailer also installed recycling centers in more than 1,700 stores to pro...future for our communities and our company.”
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Kohl's Achieves Net Zero Emissions Goal
Kohl's Department Stores achieved its ambitious goal of reaching and maintaining net zero greenhouse gas emissions from 2010 to 2012, according to its first annual corporate sustainability report.This goal was met in 2010 through programs that range from energy management to an industry leading gree
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Massachusetts Certifies Shaw's Recycling Program
...’s Supermarkets’ received Supermarket Recycling Program Certification (SRPC) from the Ma... company’s maintenance of its comprehensive recycling and reuse programs for cardboard, organi...rate large volumes of organics and, combined with recycling programs for cardboard and shrink-wrap,
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Canadian Grocers Demand Shift to PET Clamshell Packaging
...ormed packaging to PET as a means of streamlining recycling.The project was spearheaded by Loblaws I...it lack critical mass to mainstream PET clamshell recycling with its 1,400 units. So the company inv... America each year. Our goal is to facilitate the recycling of that material,” said Guy McGuff
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Sam's Club Turns Chicken Grease from Cost to Profit
...efiting the environment.In partnership with Quest Recycling, Sam’s Club is Recycling more than...nership with Quest recycling, Sam’s Club is recycling more than 236,000 gallons of grease annu...nal treatment -- through a partnership with Quest Recycling, a relationship established through the
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Waste Management Closes Oakleaf Acquisition
... customers with unprecedented access to waste and recycling solutions by pairing the largest network...ng the largest network of directly owned hauling, recycling, diversion and disposal assets with the ...outsourced hauling, disposal, waste diversion and recycling services to support customers’ was
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Weis Markets Recognized for Innovative Recycling Program
...OP) recognized Weis Markets for its commitment to recycling and its innovative program to recycle wa...63 Weis Markets’ stores participate in this recycling program.“We are extremely proud of...es for making our company’s waxed cardboard recycling program a success,” said Kevin Sma
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Wegmans Trash Becomes Treasure at the Greentopia Festival
Plastic grocery bags don’t often inspire the creative arts, but one Rochester, N.Y. student turned them into a woven work of art that was later displayed during Wegmans’ Holt Road’s Earth Day celebration.That same piece was also the inspiration behind the company’s involvemen
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RadioShack Named Largest Retailer for Recycling Rechargeable Batteries
...each this milestone"Consumers have come to expect recycling options for materials they use or discar...customers can drop off rechargeable batteries for recycling at thousands of nearby RadioShack locati...cal landfills and established a network of 30,000 recycling drop-off locations.
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American Eagle Outfitters Joins Denim Recycling Program
...and Cotton Incorporated are partnering on a denim recycling program called “Cotton. From Blue ...entire purchase that day.At the college campuses, recycling containers identical to the ones in stor...stores in the U.S. and Canada and on its web site.
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REI, Costco Among Companies to Use New Voluntary Recycling Labels
... among five companies who are using new voluntary recycling labels on some of their products for the...Consumers are faced with a confusing landscape of recycling messages and instructions that are often... recyclable, not yet recyclable or having limited recycling. The labels will not address recycled co
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GreenBlue Publishes a Road Map to More Effective Material Recovery
...l municipal solid waste is currently recovered by recycling or composting.“Closing the Loop: R...e waste management policies that support or limit recycling.Focusing on material recovery in several...al settings.“Given today’s fragmented recycling landscape, it’s not enough to focu
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AAFES Dream Machine Kiosks Reward Recycling
...e Exchange Service has added 200 new computerized recycling kiosks on military installations around ...ut the U.S. overall. The program aims to increase recycling and help the environment, with the overa... recycle rate to 50 percent by 2018.Dream Machine recycling also supports a program called Entrepren
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Starbucks Reveals Sustainability Progress and Challenges
...ks more than tripled the availability of in-store recycling, now in more than 18 percent (more than ...mplementation to accelerate future front-of-store recycling.While Starbucks had many wins to report,...gress toward its goal of developing comprehensive recycling solutions for paper and plastic cups by
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Publix Reaches Two Billion Paper and Plastic Bags Saved
...or reusable bags.The company has offered in-store recycling of paper and plastic bags since the mid-...ix locations.In 2011, the company’s overall recycling rate was 49 percent with 221,900 tons of...ion vials returned to its pharmacies by customers.
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Dr Pepper Snapple Exceeds Manufacturing Waste Recycling Goal
... Retail Decisions...2nd annual sustainability report.Importantly, the recycling efforts at just nine DPS sites in 2011 g...ly chain.-- John Failla for Green Retail Decisions
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Delhaize Group Reduces Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 6 Percent
...ments in 2011 included better resource efficiency by taking recycling food waste to the next level, resulting in 7, 307 tons recycled at Delhaize America and 5,916 tons recycled at Delhaize Belgium.Delhaize Group said it also considers its membership The Sustainability Consortium “very importa
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OfficeMax Offers Reusable Boxes to Business Customers
...eused. Then, OfficeMax will recover the boxes for recycling.The program launched in Seattle and will...0 percent and will significantly reduce workplace recycling."Every business wants to support more en... in turn reduced shipping emissions and packaging.
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Darden Restaurants Reach Water Reduction Goals Four Years Early
...shments noted in the report: Achieved 100 percent recycling rate for discarded fry oil, which totale...arden restaurants that take part in single-stream recycling of glass, plastics and aluminum.Increasi...ns. – John Failla for Green Retail Decisions
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Sainsbury's Helps Customers Recycle More
... throughout the U.K. to reinvigorate its customer recycling facilities.The transformed facilities wi...reater London.Sainsbury's has partnered with Palm Recycling to introduce the new Recycling system th...artnered with Palm recycling to introduce the new recycling system that aims to enhance recycling ra
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Plastics Recycling Industry Unveils New Tools to Help Grocers Recycle More Plastic Containers
...hey use and empty onsite. The program is aimed at recycling the more than 350 million pounds of plas...ral fit.“Many grocery chains have excellent recycling programs already in place. Our new progr...ue and strengthen their sustainability efforts by recycling more of the plastics they use every day,
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Recycled Bottles Turn into New Line of Levi's Jeans
...ste, we hope to change the way people think about recycling, ultimately incentivizing them to do mor...ack food trays -- are collected through municipal recycling programs across the United States. The b... good for people and better for our planet.”
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Sustainability to Trump Costs as Packaging Industry's Top Future Challenge
While today’s packaging professional is focused on cost, performance and food safety/security, sustainability will replace cost as a dominant trend in 10 years, according to a study conducted by Dupont Packaging & Industrial Polymers, and Packaging World.Food safety/security is and will re
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How2Recycle Label Gains More Traction in National Marketplace
... to the soft launch of its How2Recycle on-package recycling labeling system.These major brands join ...was developed to reduce consumer confusion around recycling in the United States with a clear and co... in the United States with a clear and consistent recycling label and corresponding informational we
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Sainsbury's Opens Another Energy Efficient Store
... consumption by 50 percent.The store also features customer recycling facilities and zero food waste to landfill.
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Sainsbury's Recycles Christmas Cards and Other Holiday Waste
...”...ve recycling bins in them for the sole purpose of recycling Christmas cards and other holiday waste ...nd the equator, Crewe said.As part of its broader recycling efforts, the retailer also has recycling
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Starbucks Introduces Reusable Plastic Cups
Starbucks Corp. has introduced its $1 reusable plastic coffee cups in stores in the United States and Canada in one of its effort to reduce waste.he new cups bear the Starbucks logo and resemble white paper cups. Every time customers bring in the reusable cups for refills, they will earn a 10-cent d
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Tetra Pak Boosts Recycling 10 Percent, Develops Packaging from Renewable Materials
...in production volumes over the same period....based polymer caps derived from sugar cane.Global recycling has increased from 528 kilo tons to 581 ...erica, Tetra Pak helped increase access to carton recycling as a founding member of the Carton Counc
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Coca-Cola Issues Sustainability Grants to Make the World Greener
...y.The grants support water stewardship, community recycling and energy conservation initiatives. For...gramming.Working with Keep America Beautiful, the Recycling Bin Grant program provides more than 8,0...ycling Bin Grant program provides more than 8,000 recycling bins annually to 100-plus local organiza
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Unified Grocers Forms New Sustainability Leadership Team
...ble-sided copying and pooling office supplies, to recycling paper, cardboard, wood and plastics (bag...s such as adopting segments of roads or highways, recycling eyeglasses and home recycling and compos... roads or highways, recycling eyeglasses and home recycling and composting.“We are very proud
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Staples Unveils Solar Power Installation at Global Headquarters
...ement this week to work with electronic waste and recycling group, e-Stewards, to handle company and...ndle materials collected from its free technology recycling program at more than 1,500 stores nation...n internal operations, according to a CNet report.
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